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Can we read anything into Showalter's comments on Arrieta?

Can we read anything into Showalter's comments on Arrieta?
SARASOTA, Fla. - In handicapping the fifth starter competition, some have labeled Jake Arrieta the favorite, or at least one of the top pitchers with the best shot to win that job. Arrieta has pitched well during spring training with an ERA of 2.38. Over 11 1/3 innings he has allowed seven hits and three runs with six walks and seven strikeouts. He has pitched 8 2/3 scoreless innings over his last two outings. In his past three outings, counting three innings against Spain's WBC team (not...
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Orioles stepping up their game in Dominican Republic and Latin America

Orioles stepping up their game in Dominican Republic and Latin America
SARASOTA, Fla. - It's been a criticism of the Orioles organization for a long time and it seems a valid one. The club has been lacking on the international front, especially in amateur signings and has been lagging behind many teams - well behind some - in producing foreign-born major league talent. Orioles executive vice-president Dan Duquette wants to change that. In a lengthy one-on-one interview with MASNsports.com Wednesday, he explained some upgrades the club has made and some it still...
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Checking in with Roberts and Reimold after Orioles' win over Toronto

Checking in with Roberts and Reimold after Orioles' win over Toronto
SARASOTA, Fla. - After he doubled, walked and delivered an RBI single in his first three plate appearances today, Brian Roberts fouled a ball off his right ankle when batting in the last of the sixth. He went on to strike out and was replaced by Yamaico Navarro when the Orioles took the field for the seventh. But Roberts was slated to exit the game then anyway, and he told reporters after today's game he feels his ankle will be OK. "It's fine, it will be fine," Roberts said. "Just sore,...
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New season brings good health and new position for O's minor leaguer Delmonico

New season brings good health and new position for O's minor leaguer Delmonico
SARASOTA, Fla. - He may have ended last year injured, but Orioles prospect Nicky Delmonico is healthy now and off to a good start at minor league camp this year. Delmonico, who was ranked the O's fourth-best prospect by Baseball America, ended last season with a left knee injury that has now fully recovered. His last game in 2012 was Aug. 1 and in 95 games at Single-A Delmarva, he hit .249 with 11 homers and 54 RBIs. In June, he went 2-for-4 and was named the MVP of the South Atlantic League...
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A few Orioles players show their pride as the Dominican wins the WBC

A few Orioles players show their pride as the Dominican wins the WBC
SARASOTA, Fla. - The Dominican flag was displayed proudly above the lockers of Wilson Betemit and Alexi Casilla in the Orioles clubhouse this morning. They watched with pride last night as the Dominican Republic beat Puerto Rico 3-0 to win the World Baseball Classic, going 8-0 in the tournament. Betemit is from Santo Domingo and Casilla is from San Cristobal. "Oh yeah, real proud," Betemit said. "What a good game for my country. That was great. Everybody in the Dominican was waiting for...
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Machado talks about 2012, possibility of returning to shortstop one day

Machado talks about 2012, possibility of returning to shortstop one day
SARASOTA, Fla. - When Manny Machado came to spring training last year, he was a top prospect on the rise, but his locker was not even in the main clubhouse and he knew he was not going to be a big leaguer on opening day. But after a season where he went from Double-A Bowie to the Orioles to the playoffs, he does admit he is more comfortable and established here now. However, you still can't get him to even acknowledge that he will be the starting third baseman come opening day. "I do feel...
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Brian Graham talks about Klein's setback, Townsend and Urrutia

Brian Graham talks about Klein's setback, Townsend and Urrutia
SARASOTA, Fla. - The frustration for one of the Orioles' top pitching prospects, Dan Klein, continues. Drafted in the third round in 2010 out of UCLA, he was pitching so well during the 2011 season that he seemed to be on a fast track to Baltimore. But now that track has derailed for him. Yet again. Klein had arthroscopic shoulder surgery in 2009 while with UCLA, and since turning pro, he has had two further shoulder procedures, one in August 2011 and one last April 16. Not that long ago,...
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Tillman and Bundy talk about their outings at minor league camp

Tillman and Bundy talk about their outings at minor league camp
SARASOTA, Fla. - Two of the Orioles' top young pitchers were pitching at the same time today on adjacent fields in minor league games against Tampa Bay at Twin Lakes Park. Chris Tillman gave up one run and one hit over three innings, throwing 46 pitches, 30 for strikes in the Triple-A game. He walked one and fanned four. Dylan Bundy gave up a homer on the first pitch he threw against the Rays' Double-A team and gave up another run in his second inning, allowing two during his three-inning,...
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Hobgood to pitch out of 'pen, Klein suffers setback and more

Hobgood to pitch out of 'pen, Klein suffers setback and more
SARASOTA, Fla. - Director of player development Brian Graham provided a number of interesting tidbits on the Orioles' system at Twin Lakes Park today. First and foremost, the O's are planning to move former first-round pick Matt Hobgood to the bullpen this year, and the right-hander will likely start at Single-A Delmarva. A goal of the shift is to help the 22-year-old get his diminished velocity back quicker coming off of shoulder surgery. The Orioles also will have some of their minor...
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Zach Britton talks about the fifth starter's competition

Zach Britton talks about the fifth starter's competition
SARASOTA, Fla. - This must be a strange time for some of the Orioles' young pitchers. They are battling hard to win the fifth starter's job and they are battling against some of their best friends. Players they have known since their minor league days. Zach Britton understands that it's a weird dynamic. He is trying to put his best foot (or is that arm) forward here and it might mean he or one of his best friends has to start the year in the minors. "We are good friends," Britton said...
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A healthy Hobgood returns to the mound at camp but will begin 2013 in a bullpen role

A healthy Hobgood returns to the mound at camp but will begin 2013 in a bullpen role
SARASOTA, Fla. - After pitching just 37 innings total the last two seasons and coming off shoulder surgery last April 2, Orioles 2009 first-round draft pick Matt Hobgood is scheduled to begin this season pitching out of the bullpen. "We want to see that velocity come back and I think we'll use him out of the bullpen," O's director of player development Brian Graham said Tuesday at Twin Lakes Park. "He's got to be a guy that pitches as often as we can get him in there and he's got to...
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Using the bullpen, holding runners and minor league math

Using the bullpen, holding runners and minor league math
SARASOTA, Fla. - No doubt Orioles manager Buck Showalter and pitching coach Rick Adair should get credit for how they used the bullpen last year. There was not any overuse of pitchers and they always seem to put the right people in the right spots at the right times. Showalter would even seem to know when to give a certain pitcher an outing, even if the situation didn't necessarily call for his use, to get work to stay sharp. Pitchers were not overused or underused. If they got up to warm...
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Hobgood and Hader on the mound and other notes from minor league camp

Hobgood and Hader on the mound and other notes from minor league camp
SARASOTA, Fla. - Matt Hobgood is nearing the one-year anniversary of his shoulder surgery from last April 2 that kept him out all of last season after he was limited to 37 innings in 2011. He's been dealing with shoulder soreness since he pitched for rookie-level Bluefield in 2009, the year the Orioles made the fifth overall pick in the First-Year Player Draft. Hobgood hopes his injury issues are behind him for good and today he pitched a scoreless inning for Single-A Delmarva against Tampa...
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The case for the defense at first

The case for the defense at first
SARASOTA, Fla. - For now, it seems no one is talking about Chris Davis and his defensive play at first base. A few weeks ago, it was a prime topic and concern of Orioles fans. But a few weeks of some solid defense at the bag in spring games seems to have put Davis on the right track and is leaving fans less concerned at this point. Davis has worked hard on that part of his game in camp and, as Buck Showalter might say, he seems to be in a good place right now. He probably has a good look in...
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O's comeback in ninth falls short for 5-3 loss to Phillies

O's comeback in ninth falls short for 5-3 loss to Phillies
CLEARWATER, Fla. - The Orioles' reserves tried to produce some magic in the top of ninth today, scoring two runs. But the rally came up short as the Phillies beat an O's split squad 5-3 in front of a record crowd of 11,100 at Bright House Field. In the ninth, Adrian Marin, Steel Russell and Danny Valencia singled to load the bases. One run scored on a Luis Exposito sac fly before an LJ Hoes RBI double made it 5-3 and put runners on second and third. But John Ruettiger's groundout to short...
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Hammel not pleased with his outing today in Clearwater (O's lose 5-3)

Hammel not pleased with his outing today in Clearwater (O's lose 5-3)
CLEARWATER, Fla. - After throwing 60 pitches in his last outing, which was a simulated game at camp, Jason Hammel gave up four runs today as he bumped his pitch count up to 77 against the Phillies. He went 4 2/3 innings, allowing six hits and four runs, with one walk and three strikeouts. He gave up a two-run homer on a change-up to Freddy Galvis in the last of the fifth and left the game after recording one more out. Hammel was happy with his two-seam fastball today, but definitely not happy...
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Pearce hits team-leading fourth homer as O's take lead in Clearwater (Hammel now out)

Pearce hits team-leading fourth homer as O's take lead in Clearwater (Hammel now out)
CLEARWATER, Fla. - An Orioles split squad has taken the early 1-0 lead on Philadephia at Bright House Field in their second meeting this spring with the Phillies. Jason Hammel is making just his third start in an official spring game, but he also pitched in a simulated game earlier to get his innings in. He has retired six of seven batters faced through two frames on just 23 pitches, 17 for strikes. He could pitch five innings or so here today, maybe more depending on the pitch count. With...
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Still on the roster for now, Kevin Gausman looks forward to his next outing

Still on the roster for now, Kevin Gausman looks forward to his next outing
SARASOTA, Fla. - While Dylan Bundy has been officially sent to the minor leagues, the other half of the O's duo of top pitching prospects is still on the roster. Right-hander Kevin Gausman will get at least one more outing with the Orioles and is next scheduled to pitch on Tuesday in Fort Myers against Boston. "I'm not trying to look into anything. I don't really know what to think of it," Gausman said of Bundy being optioned out ahead of him. Manager Buck Showalter said one reason for...
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Adam Jones returns to the Orioles and talks about his WBC experience

Adam Jones returns to the Orioles and talks about his WBC experience
SARASOTA, Fla. - His time at the World Baseball Classic is over and Adam Jones was back in the Orioles' clubhouse in Sarasota this morning for the first time in two weeks. Jones said if he is asked to play in the next WBC, he definitely would and he just finished playing in six games that he said were played with a postseason-like intensity. "Just like it," Jones said. "Every game in Phoenix and in Miami, all six games felt like Game 1 through 5 last year in the playoffs for us. Every game...
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So far, the Bundy-Gausman duo has lived up to the hype

So far, the Bundy-Gausman duo has lived up to the hype
SARASOTA, Fla. - Dylan Bundy got optioned to the minors on Saturday and that was an inevitable move. The kid used his time in big league camp well. He pitched solidly in games while watching and learning from the veterans. It was a positive experience as the process of grooming Bundy into a big league pitcher - maybe even an ace one day - is well on its way. It may not be long before he is a mainstay in the Orioles rotation. It just won't happen on opening day and that is fine. The...
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